Ears Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer

“The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little more than…

— James Fenimore Cooper

That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and…

— Gerard de Ridefort

Let the boy win his spurs.

— Edward III of England

Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Sometimes life could be astonishingly efficient in dispensing mortifications. In the space of a minute, she would be exposed before three male visitors to…

— Tessa Dare

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at…

— Hernando Cortes

Whoever devotedly undertakes and performs this most holy journey... shall have the enjoyment of eternal reward from the repayer of all men.

— Pope Eugene III

Set out on pilgrimage and triumph gloriously over the infidels in the East.

— Orderic Vitalis

Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King.

— Charles William Chadwick Oman

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould

— Michel de Montaigne

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.

— Niccolo Machiavelli